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Dec 29, 2021 Outlook Web Desk The governor, who is on a visit to Darjeeling, has asked the GTA administrator to personally update him about the council's operations and way of functioning.
Dec 27, 2021 Outlook Web Desk Election to 47 wards of SMC, which was won by the CPI(M) in 2015, is likely to be held on January 22, along with four other municipal corporations in south Bengal.
Chandigarh Municipal Polls: In a setback to the ruling BJP, sitting mayor and party candidate Ravi Kant Sharma was defeated by AAP's Damanpreet Singh.
Dec 22, 2021 Outlook Web Desk The West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC) had earlier told the high court that plans are afoot to hold elections to 111 municipal bodies in six to eight phases by May, 2022.
On the eve of Trinamool Congress sweeping the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Elections, CM Mamata Banerjee payed a visit to the Kamakhya Temple
West Bengal: In Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Elections, TMC has won 134 seats, BJP—which is the main opposition party in the state assembly, has won two seats, the Left parties were leading in one seat, and the Congress has won two seats. The independents are slated to join TMC.
Abhishek Banerjee was addressing a rally for the Kolkata municipal corporation elections scheduled for December 19th.
Elections to the 144-ward Kolkata Municipal Corporation will be held on December19. The TMC, which in 2015 had won 125 out of the 144 wards in the KMC, has denied tickets to 39 sitting councilors this time.
The decision to invite civic body leaders to a meeting with TMC's state unit leaders has triggered speculations that the issues involving the impending civic elections would be discussed.
Jai Ram Thakur’s decision to fight the polls on party symbols is to measure his own acceptability on the performance graph.
Counting is underway in 12 municipal corporations and 71 municipalities or nagar panchayats, which went to polls on March 10.
The State Election Commission on Saturday announced the schedule for the elections for Dharamshala, Palampur, Solan and Mandi.
Elections were held for the 8,235 seats, out of which the BJP fielded 8,161 candidates, Congress 7,778, Aam Aadmi Party 2,090, among others
Polling in the national capital began at 7:30 am amid tight security arrangements and precautionary Covid-19 arrangements and the results are expected on March 3
While the BJP retained power in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) by winning 93 seats, the AAP bagged the remaining 27 seats.
Winning 409 seats out of 474, the BJP is on its course to retain power in the six municipal corporations of Gujarat
Voting took place on Sunday in 576 seats across six municipal corporations.
Gujarat Municipal Election Result 2021: Polling for 576 seats in 144 wards across six civic bodies –Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar - was held on Sunday (February 21).
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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